Senate roll call 185 · 85th Congress · Jun 5, 1958
HR. 12181. Mutual security act of 1958. Amendment to strike language giving the President authority to approve aid to communist nations other than soviet unio
On Jun 5, 1958, the Senate voted 43–42 (HR 12181). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 18–28, Republicans 28–17. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 35 members voted against their own party.
During the 85th Congress (1957–1958), Dwight D. Eisenhower was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 43
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Jun 5, 1958
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 28 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans28 yes · 17 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT voted no
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT voted no
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Frank Carlson R-KS voted no
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
- Frederick George Payne R-ME voted no
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC voted yes
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted no
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted yes
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted yes
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted yes
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC voted yes
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted no
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted no
The bill
H.R. 12181: To amend further the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- John William Bricker R-OH
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- John Dempsey Hoblitzell Jr. R-WV
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Frederick George Payne R-ME
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Richard Lewis Neuberger D-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
Voted present
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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